Swell window and beach orientation
In the last article in our series about surfing and the weather we look at the location of your local coastline in relation to the position of active low pressure systems. We relate this to the direction and movement of the ‘low’, and how this affects waves in the ocean, and ultimately, swell at your [...]
Local weather condtions
Today’s blog will consider local weather conditions and their affect on groundswell at your local beach.
As groundswell approaches your local beach the quality of the surf will be will largely be dependant on local weather conditions including wind direction and strength.
Lets use the Newquay area of the North coast of Cornwall as an example.
Imagine we [...]
Wave periods and groundswell
In our last article we looked at the creation of waves in the North Atlantic by low-pressure systems. Today we will consider what happens as the waves approach our shores.
Now that the waves have been created (the swell) they keep on travelling across the ocean until they reach land and the wave energy [...]
The swell begins
In the second of our regular series of articles on how the weather affects surfing, we look at what happens out at sea.
Waves out at sea
If there was no wind the sea would probably be like millpond, calm and relatively motionless, but thank goodness for us surfers, this is not the case!
As we [...]
What makes waves?
In the first of our series of articles about how the weather affects surfing, we look at what causes our swell in the South West of Britain;
Low pressure systems
As you know the UK is situated on the Eastern side of the North Atlantic Ocean. Out at sea there is a lot of activity in the [...]
